No Falmouth Illustration London Study Visit would be the same without the traditional Thursday night drinks before everyone go their separate ways for the Christmas break. This year things tended to centre on the bar at the Generator as the Marquis of Cornwallis was too full (and too expensive now).

The evening kicked off with a few games of pool before a rather dodgy suited hustler turned up thinking he was the bees knees. Rachel Tom and Nigel really appreciated a bit of down time to relax and chat to students less formally, but of course it was only a matter of time before Nigel started his peculiar brand of magic. Well I wouldn’t call it ‘magic’, in fact I’m not quite sure what I’d call it. Anyway it seemed to fool some people and indeed inspire others to bring out their own tricks. Tom’s rolling cigarette trick was a highlight.

Anyway it was a great way to end the week and we can all now collapse after a really full on semester. Well done to all of the first years for working so hard this year. Hopefully it will all pay off next semester when all the knowledge that you have gathered starts to fall into place with the ‘Applied Illustration’ projects.

Many thanks go out to Tom Barwick and Rachel Dunn for organising such a successful and enjoyable trip. Thanks again to all staff back at Falmouth who stepped in at the last minute to help organise the venue for the Forum. Thanks to Goldsmith’s for the use of the Lecture theatre, also to all the companies that we visited during the week and to the speakers at the Forum Event on Tuesday. Thanks also go out to The Art Admin team Jane, Rachel and Anna for helping with the logistics. Until next year…….

Tom (Paul Newman) Barwick hustling in the Generator on Thursday night